Sony has released a surprise firmware update today for the PS4. This firmware update appears to release ahead of an alleged jailbreak exploit for the PS4 that was recently claimed to be discovered in the system software update 5.0. The patch notes don’t mention anything important thus adding more legitimacy to hackers finding an exploit with the PS4 firmware leading to Sony patching it out with this new firmware update.
If you haven’t turned on your PS4, you will be required to download this latest firmware update that will update the system software to 5.01. You won’t be able to play online or sign into PSN unless you install the firmware update so it is mandatory. The download size of the firmware update is around 357 MB.
Main features in version 5.01 update
This system software update improves system performance.
Sony recently released a major firmware update for the PlayStation 4 bumping the system version to 5.0. You can read more details about this firmware update from here. Some users started to report an error with error code ce-36244-9 on the PlayStation 4 after installing firmware update 5.0. If you are one of those users, you can try to check our guide on how to fix this issue.
Let us know if you have noticed any issues after updating to the latest system software update for the PS4 in the comments below.
